2. Unit Five Warming up

3. What kind of music do you know? Brainstorming

4. music Folk music ( 民族音乐 ) Rock ’n’ roll ( 摇滚音乐 ) Classical music ( 古典音乐 ) Jazz ( 爵士乐 ) Choral( 合唱 ) Country music( 乡村音乐 ) Rap ( 说唱音乐 ) Orchestra ( 管弦乐 )

5. Listen and Guess You are going to hear some music, do you know what styles they belong to?

6. Country music Jazz Rock ‘n’ roll Classical Folk music Orchestra Choral Rap

7. Discussion

8. I like Chinese because I think Chinese music is easy to understand. It is our culture. I like classical music because it is serious and make people inspired. It can last long.

9. Are you familiar with some Chinese or foreign bands?

10. Beyond

13. Westlife

14. The Beatles ( 甲壳虫乐队 )

15. The Monkees — the most popular band in the USA from 1966 to 1968!

16. Reading

17. Do you know anything about “The Monkees”? It is a band with 4-person that was very popular in the 1960s in America and as well as a TV show of the same name and it based on “The Beatles”. The band used instruments rarely seen on TV at that time. Now it is still popular in the world today.

18. 1.dream of 2.to be honest 3.attach… to 4.form a band 5.start as/begin as 6.earn some extra money 7.pay in cash 8.play jokes on 9.. rely on 10.get/be familiar with 11.produce their own records 12.break up

19. Main idea of the text How do people form a______? and how did the __________ form and become a real band? band Monkees

20. Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Match main ideas with paragraphs How the Monkees formed the band? Dreaming of being famous. How the Monkees became popular and developed as a real band? The common way that bands form.

21. True or false questions (1) The band began as a TV show. (2) The TV organizers had looked for five musicians who were lovely and who could make good music. (3) Each week the group that was called “The Monkees” would play a song or two written by themselves. (4) The band broke up in 1970, but reunited in the mid-1980s. (5) In 1996, they produced a new record to celebrate their time as band. T F F T T four other musicians

22. 1. What does the title of the passage mean? A.The band wasn’t a famous one. B.The band was formed in a different way. C.The band didn’t play their own music. D.The band wasn’t supported buy his fans. Choose the best answer. B

23. 2. How many musicians were there when the band was formed at the beginning? A. Four B. Three C. Two D. One 3. When did the Monkees break up and when did it reunite? A. 1970; 1996 B. 1970; 1990 C. 1970; the mid-1980s D. 1968; 1986 D C

24. 4. Which of the following is not correct about “The Monkees”? A. At first, The Monkees copied the style of The Beatles. B.They were not so popular as The Beatles. C.Their performances were really popular and attractive because of their jokes. D.They were copied by other groups and supported by their fans. B

25. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 to play ____________________ to give performances _______________ in pubs or clubs to practise music at home to make records _________in a studio in the street or subway How do people form a band ? (Para.2) Careful-reading

26. (based loosely on the “ ______ ”) TV organizers an advertisement ______musician _____actors a TV show play jokes on as well as play _____ Beginning one three music Beatles How the Monkees formed the band? (Para. 3)

27. Which group can put the steps in the right order in the shortest time? ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ How the Monkees became popular and developed as a real band? (Para. 4) ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫♫♫

28. 4.Relied on other musicians 7.Pretended to sing 6.Sang songs by others 5.Sang their own songs 2.Produced their own records 1.Broke up, then reunited 3.Produced a new record Put the steps in the right order

29. 4. Relied on other musicians 7. Pretended to sing 5. Sang songs by others 6. Sang their own songs 2. Produced their own records 1. Broke up, then reunited 3. Produced a new record The band that wasn’t The band that is

30. The article is 1________(main) about the band---2______ Monkees. It 3 ___________ (believe) that many people want to be famous singers or musicians, 4______ they form a band through different 5______ (way). However, there is a band6 ______ is different from others. At first, they sang the songs 7__________ (write) by other musicians. Later, they played and sang8 ________ (they) own songs. After 9__________ (reunite) in the 1980s, they made 10_____ new record in the 1990s. Summary mainly theis believed and ways that written their reuniting a a

31. Now,it’s time for you to form your own band …(four students a group) 1.The band’s name? 2.What kind of music you will choose? 3.Who is the lead singer? 4.Who will play which instrument? (guitar, drum, piano, violin, saxophone…) 5.Where to play?

32. Write a passage to introduce your own band